Leibniz [electronic resource] : protestant theologian / Irena Backus.
Backus, Irena, 1950- author.
2016
B2598 .B28 2016eb
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Title Leibniz [electronic resource] : protestant theologian / Irena Backus.
Author Backus, Irena, 1950- author.
ISBN 9780199392865 (electronic book)
DOI https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199891849
Published New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2016.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (viii, 322 pages)
Item Number 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199891849 doi
Call Number B2598 .B28 2016eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 193
Summary "Irena Backus offers the first examination of Leibniz as both scholar and theologian in more than four hundred years, illuminating the relationship between metaphysics and theology in Leibniz's handling of key theological issues of his time: predestination, sacred history, the Eucharist, and efforts for a union between Lutherans and Catholics and between Lutherans and Calvinists. Drawing on a wide range of Leibniz's writings, Backus carefully presents the philosophical points and counterpoints of Leibniz's positions. She shows how Leibniz's essentially Lutheran nonorthodox theology was reconciled with his philosophy and demonstrates that Leibniz was not a typical Lutheran: the solutions he sought to the problems of confessional division were more philosophical than theological, and his view of sacred history was intended to vindicate his theodicy. Leibniz's unique integration of theology into philosophy proved satisfactory neither to theologians nor to many philosophers of his time. This study delves into a wealth of previously unexplored material, and includes the first-ever English translation of the Unvorgreiffliches Bedencken. It will be an important contribution to the history of ideas, and to understanding Leibniz's place in the mainstream Protestant theology of his time"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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